The crowd was good, but agree with shab about it being kind of like a football crowd leaving early.  It was pretty thin by the end of it.  Like a mid 30s male's head, the Ozone is thinning and it is tough to deny.  I feel like the old zone is increasing while the Ozone is declining, and it isn't all just because of JSF's transition.  But overall the convo had a feel that we were happy to be back in the convo and ready to party.  Early on I thought the game would be one big party, but it really turned into a lot of whistles and not much flow.

Our defense is great...I love the constant energy and determination to force the turnover.  I feel like trying to run an offense against us would be horribly frustrating with the feeling that there are 6 or 7 defenders on the floor.  I still maintain we are doing an adequate to good job creating good looks on offense that just have not fallen much since Christmas.  The biggest cause for this is Walter...He would be the first to tell you he is just ice cold right now...Still playing well in every other sense, just not hittin them.  Really really happy to see him drain his last attempt.  He will get on track, just like Ivo's free throws will get on track.  These are the primary reasons why I remain optimistic about this team and think it could be special this year and next.

We caught a break with McCrea, obviously because of foul trouble limited him to 20 minutes, but also the fact that he struggled to finish.  Despite that, it was still clear he is a beast out there.  Super strong, athletic, and talented.

The O Zone had their best showing of the season last night, so I'm hopeful things will continue to improve with them. There's still a dearth of leadership. Someone has to step up. I blame Brooks, Drake's predecessor as Director of Marketing, for a lot of this.

And, as supremely weird as it is to say, I'm working with them a little.

I agree with Shabom that it was a good turnout as far as numbers go in the Ozone...but many appeared like they didn't know what to do.  They appear to need leadership, as others have pointed out. 

JSF, I have your "Oldzone" t-shirt ready.  Are you flashing signals across the floor?? 

         Thats what happens when you lower your shoulder and try to bowl defenders over, you get fouls called on you. Your boy Filzen got a big time reality check last night . He was covered  the whole game like chocolate on a cherry.

    We just out hustled and out scrapped Buffalo for the ball and thats what cost you the game, because Ohio sure wasn't burning up the nets.

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Dennis 'G'